The smarter railroad

An opportunity for the railroad industry

Embedded intelligence, analytics and optimization are reshaping the railroad industry and providing new opportunities. And while demand for rail services is increasing, infrastructure and capacity may limit the opportunity for growth. Today, the railroad industry has a unique opportunity for growth by leveraging an instrumented, interconnected and intelligent infrastructure:

Instrumented — Systems and solutions are emerging that can allow the health of rail operations to be measured, sensed or seen. These discrete solutions are helping rail companies collect information and track the location of assets, which can improve productivity while providing increased safety and security for travelers.

Interconnected — Instrumented transportation systems that work together and dynamically connect across the rail network can result in improved and timely decision making for such issues as asset deployment, utilization and maintenance.

Intelligent — Smarter railroads can be created when relevant information is sensed, analyzed and acted upon to allow for better planning, decision making, alerts and proactive execution.